Ferrari 250 TR Driven by Josie von Neumann at United States Grand Prix Sports Cars Race, Riverside, California, October 1959
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Sports car racer Josie von Neumann won her first competition at California's Torrey Pines circuit in 1951, behind the wheel of an MG TD. She soon moved on to Porsches and Ferraris. Von Neumann earned no fewer than 18 victories from 1951 to 1959. She often raced against her stepfather, auto dealer and driver John von Neumann.
Sports car racer Josie von Neumann won her first competition at California's Torrey Pines circuit in 1951, behind the wheel of an MG TD. She soon moved on to Porsches and Ferraris. Von Neumann earned no fewer than 18 victories from 1951 to 1959. She often raced against her stepfather, auto dealer and driver John von Neumann.
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Date Made
1959
Subject Date
10 October 1959 - 11 October 1959
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.4707
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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